Adobe Media Encoder

On and off for months now I have been faced with the exporting bug "Preparing Audio (X of XXXX)." Adobe Media Encoder claims to be processing a range of hundreds to thousands of audio files when I have, at max, 7 audio tracks. I have found many other posts here and on Reddit with the same problem with no answer from Adobe. I'm hoping they will see this and help! I'm going to break down my sequences, troubleshooting, fixes, and failures. All of these projects are for a remote video podcast whose workflow has evolved and grown more complicated but maintains the same bug. May 2023: I begin the podcast editing process.I'm using Adobe Premiere 2022.My timeline has one video source (export from OBS), another video track for nested graphics and After Effects animations, 4 podcast audio tracks, one audio track for sound effects, and 1-2 audio tracks for musicThe "preparing audio" bug begins. Takes hours to process THOUSANDS of audio files, then it takes another hour or 2 to process t

I am creating  ProRes 422 Proxy proxies for 4K Sony footage with 8 channel audio. I'll attach these proxies to the master clips in premiere so I can use the toggle proxy function, and so matching the amount of audio channels is important for this.I made a preset with 8 channel audio as discrete tracks (screenshot below), transcoded one clip, and it worked great; got all the audio tracks I needed. So I made a giant queue using that preset for the rest of the raw footage, and after transcoding 8 clips according to the preset perfectly, Media Encoder started transcoding my clips as mono. Mono proxies are useless to me because they won't attach to their 8 channel master clips. Can someone shed some light on how the transcode settings changed in the middle of a queue, despite all of my clips having the same raw footage specs and the same preset assigned? It lost me a lot of time and I would like to avoid this happening again.

adobe always excited to get us to update their apps. yet. their own reps still using CC 2014 . WHY ? WHAT GIVES ???? cause CC2014 as it was the Best ?this is why i hate adobe so much. their own people even hate their updates! caught ya red handed!

Hi, I often record every detail of a project I work on in my "work journal." I want to know if Adobe Media Encoder provides a built-in feature to track render duration and automatically shut down the PC. As far as I know, the render duration is indeed shown while the process is running, but it disappears once the rendering is finished. This way, I can truly leave my PC while rendering without having to start or stop a timer using another application. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I’m running into a reproducible issue with Motion Graphics Templates (MOGRTs) created in After Effects 25.5.These templates contain complex JavaScript Expressions and are saved as .mogrt files in my Creative Cloud Library. Setup:macOS Tahoe 26Premiere Pro 25.5After Effects 25.5Media Encoder 25.5Problem:Inside Premiere Pro, everything works perfectly.The MOGRTs display correctly, preview without issues, and render exactly as expected.However, as soon as I send the sequence to Adobe Media Encoder,the MOGRT layers are rendered incorrectly or completely broken.Some elements disappear, shift, or lose their expression-driven logic. What I’ve already tried:Cleared all media caches (AE, Premiere, AME)Switched renderer between Mercury Playback Engine (GPU Metal) and Software OnlyDisabled hardware encodingSaved the MOGRTs locally instead of from the CC LibraryTested multiple export codecs (H.264, QuickTime Apple ProRes, DNxHR, etc.)Enabled “Import Sequences Natively”

Ich bitte um Hilfe !!!Problem: Kein „Rendern“ einer PSD aus Photoshop heraus möglich. Arbeitsschritte: -exportieren - rendern - dann kommt die Meldung „Der Befehl "Video rendern" konnte nicht verwendet werden, weil ein Problem mit Adobe Media Encoder aufgetreten ist.“Versuche der Fehlerbehebung: 1. viele verschiedene PSDs getestet - haben alle bis vor einigen Tagen funktioniert, jetzt funktioniert keine mehrPhotoshop Update auf 26.11Den Media Encoder (25.5) zusätzlich installiertEinen Techniker engagiert - ohne Erfolg  😞Zusatzinfo: MacOS 14.7.7 Sonoma, AMD Radeon Pro 5500 XT 8 GB,  Sorry, für die knappen Angaben, ich habe nur versucht präzise zu sein   😉Viele Grüße

I do a lot of video editing/creation in After Effects and then I export to Media Encoder to render. For the last few months (I'm presuming after an update) I can no longer send files to media encoder!I've tried sending to the Render Queue and then the AME and also direct from AE (file > export > media encoder). 99% of the time Media Encoder opens up but nothing appears in the queue. On the rare occassion it does make it to the render queue in AME I can't actually render it... It says that it can't connect to the dynamic server. I've uninstalled both pieces of software and reinstalled but that didn't help...I'm using macOS Ventura Version 13.5.2After Effects Version 24.0.1 (Build 2)Media Encoder Version 24.0 (Build 54)Thanks

ソースより小さいフレームサイズでエンコードする際【レンダラー：GPUアクセラレーション】にした場合「最高レンダリング品質を使用」にチェックを入れてもまったく機能していません。 下記のように「3840×2160」で撮影した動画をPremiereに読み込み、編集で映像の一部分をスケールアップし「720×480」でエンコードします。 【ソース映像】  その際【レンダラー：ソフトウェア処理】であれば「最高レンダリング品質を使用」にチェックを入れれば綺麗な画質でエンコードされます。 【Mercury Playback Engine - ソフトウェア処理】  しかしGPUアクセラレーションでは「最高レンダリング品質を使用」にチェックを入れても画質が荒れてしまいます。 【Mercury Playback Engine - GPUアクセラレーション（CUDA）（OpenGL）】  MediaEncoder 23.0でエンコードするとこのバグは起こりません。23.3か23.4以降から発生しており、最新版の25.0でも引き続きこのバグが起こります。 なお、PremiereProでのエンコードでも同時期から同じバグが発生しています。  【使用環境】Windows 10Intel Core i7 10750HGeforce RTX 2070 Super

Hey there, Have had a look through the forms and couldn't find any solve for this but I'm having troubles adding files to the Media Encoder Queue. I don't get an error or any signs of loading, it just seems like both programs fail to connect.Mac system: 15.6 (24G84)After Effects version: 25.5.0Media Encoder Version: 25.5Trial and error log: -Reinstalled both applications-started Media Encoder and AE after-Adding an AE file manually using the "+" icon results in an endless loading loop, as if the 2 can not connect-Saved AE file under different name and location-Uninstalled any betThings to consider:-AE render queue is working as intended-Im viewing the queue tab in Media Encoder-Adding to Media Encoder through Premiere works fine.Any help would be appreciated as this is needed for a current project where I need to dynamically render different versions of the same comp and doing it through the render queue has proven to be quite tedious.

Problem Converting an audio file from any format to MP3, including MP3 to MP3, AME removes some embedded metadata and alters others. Environment macOS Sequioa 15.7.1 (but has been occuring for several versions of macOS now) Adobe Media Encoder 2025 (25.5 Build 13), 2024 (24.6.5 Build 3), 2023, and all versions from the last 3 years at least Steps to Reproduce 1. Create an audio file (examples below use WAV and 320 Kbps MP3) 2. Complete the audio file's metadata using Adobe Audition or a third-party metadata editor (Kid3 shown below, but confirmed results in four other metadata editors, including Adobe Audition) 3. Add the file to Adobe Media Encoder's Queue directly, or via a Watched Folder 4. Set conversion options to be some type of MP3 5. Start the queue and wait for it to finish 6. Examine the output MP3 in a metadata editor.   Result The ID3v2 Picture/Album Art field will be stripped away completely. The ID3v1 Genre field will be reset to "Blues", which is not the first choi

I’m stumped.  When I test my movie in Animate, it ends on completion.  But the Media Encoder always stops short a few seconds before the end.  (about 4100 frames). Any suggestions?Thx

Buenas. Vengo con un nuevo problema. Resulta que cuando abro Adobe Media Encoder, voy a la pestaña "Editar" y selecciono la opcion "Preferencias", no pasa nada. No se cuelga el programa, ni deja de funcionar. Directamente no me hace caso, como si no hubiera presionado sobre la opcion "Preferencias". A alguien más le ha pasado? Lo pudieron resolver?

In Windows 10 22H2 I can't uninstall Media Encoder 2025.  I uninstalled all my Adobe products except Reader. The Media Encoder is still in my start menu and active. But is not listed in Windows 10 as installed. It's irritating because occasionally I tap it and boom three windows open I need to kill.  And it logs me in to the Cloud and trys to get me to purchase it. None of the Windows methods for uninstall work. When I used the old Control Panel it said an error occured and would I like it removed from the Start Menu. The 'Yes' did nothing.  I no longer subscribe to any products so have no access to support.Anyone have any ideas?

I have a QuickTime MOV file that has an embedded EIA-608 caption track. I need to convert it to a format our broadcast servers can play (XDCAM MXF OP1a with embedded captions). Added the file to AME (with the "include captions on import" flag enabled). This would be the easiest solution for transcoding. AME does not recognize the caption stream. It recognizes the video and audio and exports those just fine. Just no caption track.As a test, I tried importing the file to Premiere Pro and it recognized the caption track just fine (and displays correctly in every part of PPro). I'm wondering if there is some setting I am missing in AME, or whether media encoder is just not working properly. I don't want the workaround of having to import to PPRO every time. I just need AME to transcode in a watch folder, or via drag-and-drop. I can provide access to the assets, upon request, for analysis. PPRO VER: 25.5.0AME VER: 25.5 Thank you

Hi everyone,I’m experiencing hangs between Premiere Pro and Adobe Media Encoder (AME). I already reinstalled, updated, and cleared caches, but the issue persists.- What happens:I send a sequence from Premiere Pro to AME.- AME starts rendering, then randomly stalls.- Progress stops and, in Windows Task Manager, AME drops to 0% CPU.- If I close Premiere Pro, AME immediately resumes and continues rendering.-Sometimes just clicking the AME window or switching focus makes it resume for a while, then it stalls again.-Exporting directly from Premiere sometimes works, but sending to AME is unreliable. What I’ve tried: -Changed Project Settings > Renderer. It was initially stuck on “None” with a tooltip saying the playback engine was active; after stopping playback and restarting I could change it, but the problem remains.-Toggled GPU acceleration on/off in both Premiere and AME.-Cleared Media Cache in both apps and deleted the folders manually.-Reset Premiere and AME preferences (

when i drag and drop footage into AME then select my ingest preset it wont let me choose location of footage where to i export how to do it ( i do this becaue i do not want to waste time to import footage into premier pro and send to AME for proxy instead of i do direct drag nad drop into AME and make proxy my main stuck is when i click make proxy from premier pro it takes a lot of time to send AME so i decided to direct drag and drop into AME and make proxy and attach it later DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SOLUTION TO THIS OR ANY OTHER WAY????? 

When I render an H.264 video, the task stops randomly. The software interface looks completely normal, but the rendering process freezes — even the “elapsed time” counter stops. No matter how long I wait, it never resumes, and the system shows no error messages. Please help — it’s completely unusable.My computer is high-end: Intel Ultra 7 265 processor, 32 GB RAM, 2 TB SSD, using integrated graphics only (no dedicated GPU). What on earth is causing this problem?I’ve tested multiple times, and the stopping point is different each time, so I’m sure it’s not an issue with the source materials.

 

I am using After Effects for Logo Animation work from Template. But when listing and exporting using Media Encoder Queue the it's freeze after 2/3/5/6/7 random times and once it's freeze, my whole pc getting freezes and then I don't have another way without Restart! I'm using 2025 version of AE and ME. Also, this problem just happening when I am selecting "MERCURY PLAYBACK ENGINE GPU ACCELERATION (OPEN CL)" but when I am selecting "Mercury Playback Engine Software Only" then everything going perfect and rendering not freezing anymore but rendering time is slower because I know it's using CPU only now. But how can I fix it to use gpu encode? Do I need to through my Intel Arc to Dustbin and purchase a Nvidia card? Please give me a solution guys because I am suffering a lot for this! My pc config:i9 14900KF (Undervolted offset -50)Gunnir Intel Arc A770 Photon (Resizable Bar On from Bios)Two Stick of 6000Mhz Ram (total 64GB) Installed on 2nd and 4th number slot with intel xmp onAsrock

How can I render out an mp4 / H.264 with an alpha channel? I want to make an animated overlay for my twitch broadcasts and hopefully for other people but I can't even get it to be transparent.

HelloI'm trying to export a premier cc sequence via adobe media encoder and somehow it tells me on ME that the rushes are offline.I tried to clean the media cache both from premier and ME but it didn't help.Waiting for your replyregardsAriel Tamir